Hamther

Overview

Hamther is urged by his mother but also challenges the cost of her earlier revenge on Atli. The lay makes him a son who knows his ending without narrating the later action in advance.

Relationships

• Jonakfathers Hamther

  fathers Hamther

• Gudrunincites revenge

  incites revenge

• Gudrunchallenges her earlier revenge

  challenges her earlier revenge

• Gudrunarms her sons

  arms her sons

• Gudrunincites revenge for Svanhild

  incites revenge for Svanhild

• Gudrunchallenges her past revenge

  challenges her past revenge

• Erp, Jonak’s Sontravels with the avengers

  travels with the avengers

• Erp, Jonak’s Sonkills Erp on the road

  kills Erp on the road

• Jormunrekattacks Jormunrek

  attacks Jormunrek

• Erp, Jonak’s Sonregrets killing Erp

  regrets killing Erp

• Jormunrekhas Hamther killed by stones

  has Hamther killed by stones

Story appearances

• Guthrun’s Inciting: A Daughter’s Death and Final LamentFigure in Guthrunarhvot

  Guthrun’s son; he receives armour and foretells that the avengers will not return home.

• Hamthesmol: The Fragmented End of RevengeFigure in Hamthesmol

  Guthrun’s son; he receives armour and foretells that the avengers will not return home.

• Drap Niflunga: A Bridge between LaysFigure in prose bridge

  Guthrun’s son; he receives armour and foretells that the avengers will not return home.

Ancient sources

MythWeave distinguishes ancient-source evidence from later adaptations and modern interpretation.

• Anonymous; translated by Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda: Guthrunarhvot, Introduction, opening prose, and stanzas 1–22: Svanhild’s death, incitement to revenge, and Guthrun’s lament.